Karaoké Home Among the Gumtrees John Williamson

I've been around the world a couple of times or maybe more

I've seen the sights

I've had delights on every foreign shore

But when my mates all ask me the place that I adore

I tell them right away

What do we tell 'em

Give me a home among the gumtrees with lots of plum trees

A sheep or two, a ka-kangaroo

A clothes line out the back

Verandah out the front and an old rockin' chair

You can see me in the kitchen cookin' up a roast or Vegemite on toast

Just you and me

A cup of tea

And later on we'll settle down and mull up on the porch and watch the possums play

Give me a home among the gumtrees with lots of plum trees

A sheep or two, a ka-kangaroo

A clothes line out the back

Verandah out the front and an old rockin' chair

There's a Safeways up the corner and a Woolies down the street

And a brand new place they've opened up where they regulate the heat

But I'd trade them all tomorrow for a little bush retreat where the kookaburras call

Give me a home among the gumtrees with lots of plum trees

A sheep or two, a ka-kangaroo.

A clothes line out the back

Verandah out the front and an old rockin' chair

Up we go

Some people like their houses with fences all around others live in mansions and some beneath the ground

But me I like the bush you know with rabbits runnin' 'round and a pumpkin vine out the back

This is your time

Give me a home among the gumtrees with lots of plum trees

A sheep or two, a ka-kangaroo

A clothes line out the back

Verandah out the front and an old rockin' chair